The point was this, Did the writing--the _last_ writing--of Mr. Bradlaugh show the slightest change in his Atheism? Mr. Rees could not see this point, or he would not see it; and either alternative is discreditable to a man who sets himself up as a public teacher. Mr. Rees did one right thing, however; he sent Mrs. Bonner a letter he had received from Sir Isaac Holden, containing the following passage:-- "Your rendering of the story is a little different to what I spoke--'Mr. Bradlaugh was affected to tears when I told him that his brother James said to the Rev. Richard Allen that his brother Charles was too good a man to die an Infidel, and he believed that before his death he would become a Christian.' Tears started in his (Charles's) eyes, and he simply replied: 'My brother James is a _good fellow_,' not 'I wish I were half as good as my brother.' There was evidently a very kind feeling in each of the brothers towards each other." What _is_ clear is this--there is a very bad difference between Sir Isaac Holden and the Rev. Allen Rees. "I wish I were half as good as my brother" is a very definite expression, and not a bit like "My brother James is a good fellow." Now if Sir Isaac Holden _did_ convey this expression to the Rev. Allen Rees, the old gentleman has a treacherous memory; if he _did not_, the expression must be ascribed to the reverend gentleman's invention. Mrs. Bonner replied sharply with "mixed feelings of surprise and indignation." Her father had no brother named James. The only brother he had was most distinctly not "a good fellow," which there was "documentary evidence" to prove. There was also documentary evidence to show that the feelings of the brothers towards each other was "the reverse of kindly." Mr. Rees had chosen to ignore all this, and, in consequence of his attitude, Mrs. Bonner intended to "give this matter publicity"--which she has done by printing the whole correspondence and sending copies to the press. Mr. Rees wrote "surprised"--poor man! He thought it was a "private correspondence." He could not understand why he was "personally abused"--in fact, it was "vulgar personal abuse." "I entirely decline," he ended majestically, "to have any further correspondence with you." What a sorry display of clerical temper! But it is the way of the profession when tackled. They are so used to speaking from the "coward's castle," _not_ under correction, that they lose their heads when taken to task. Mrs. Bonner appends a note to the correspondence, remarking on "the obviously loose reminiscences of Sir Isaac Holden," which Mr. Rees had "materially altered," and denying the possibility of any such conversation between Sir Isaac Holden and her father.